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Photograph of Boulder Dam Museum floor plans, Boulder City (Nev.), February, 1938

Date

1938-02

Description

First floor plan of the Boulder City Museum. The floor plan signifies the first stage of development for the museum.

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Photograph of museum basement floor plan, Boulder City (Nev.), February 11, 1938

Date

1938-02-11

Description

Boulder City Museum basement floor plan.

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Photograph of museum basement underneath the stairs, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938

Date

1938-01-10

Description

Center of the basement museum room, looking southwest, showing space underneath the stairs. This area was possibly used for diorama installation.

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Photograph of a woman holding a fish at the end of her line, Lake Mead, June 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

Women shows off her catch of the day to her other boating companions along Lake Mead. For another view, see Image 0219. Photo has stamp on back "Official photography do not publish without authority"

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Postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1936-1938

Date

1936 to 1938

Description

A postcard of Ye Kings Rest Auto Court, auto court meaning motel. Inside, they have refrigerated air conditioning.

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Photograph of the Chief Autel Court motel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1938-1940s

Date

1938 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Chief Autel Court Motel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The motel was owned by Harold Stocker.

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Photograph of a crowd surrounding Howard Hughes' plane, Los Angeles, August 02, 1938

Date

1938-08-02

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper given with the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Los Angeles, Cal. -- The crowd gathered around the world-circling plane of Howard Hughes in the hangar at the Grand Central Air Terminal as Hughes and his companions on his record-breaking world flight alighted from the plane to receive the welcome home of Southern California. Hughes put his plane down at the airport and taxied it into the hangar all before alighting with his companions. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38 NY."

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Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Howard Hughes Was Welcomed to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal. -- Mayor Frank L. Shaw of Los Angeles, Howard Hughes, Will Hays, "Czar" of the movies, and Governor Frank Merriam of California (left to right) are pictured at the luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel which followed the wild ovation for Hughes and his four companions on his record-smashing world flight as they arrived in Los Angeles from their triumph from the East. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938

Date

1938-11-08

Description

Lily Pons (left), Howard Hughes (center), and an unidentified man (right) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "Noted flier and his hostess at cocktail party Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, noted flier, with Lily Pons, singing star, as he attended the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LOND PAR."

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